Problem w/Facebook Like Box widget for Chateau theme

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    lotmwoman · Member ·

    I am using the Chateau theme for my blog, and I love it! As I was working on the appearance of my blog, I noticed the widget entitled “Facebook Like Box”. I have tried several times to add this widget to my blog, but each time I receive the following error message: “Could not retrieve id for the specified page. Please verify correct href was passed in.”

    What is href?

    I entered the URL for my FB page several times, each time checking to be sure I had entered it correctly. I also pulled up my FB page by typing the URL into the address bar on my browser, and I was able to access it just fine; but each time I tried to use that URL to create the “like” box, I received that error message.

    Any help you can offer at this point is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you!
    Blog url: http://lifeoutsidethemargins.wordpress.com/

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    What is the URL of the Facebook page that you’re trying?

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    lotmwoman · Member ·

    The first thing I tried was copying & pasting my FB URL into the appropriate box within the widget. When I clicked “save”, I received the error message.

    Then, I tried using the following URLs:

    https://www.facebook.com/renee.rowell1

    http://www.facebook.com/renee.rowell1

    I received the error message with each of these attempts. I also tried each of these URLs with the “www” removed. None of them worked. In addition, I typed each of these URLs in the address bar of my browser (Internet Explorer) to access my FB page, and each time I was able to access it with no problem.

    Is there something else I should be doing or entering?

    Thank you so much for all your help!

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    That’s not actually a Facebook Page. It’s just a profile wall.

    You can only use a Facebook Like box with a Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=174987089221178

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    lotmwoman · Member ·

    Well, that makes perfect sense! …LOL LOL… thank you so much for your time and help. I’m actually writing a book and have been advised by a publisher to start a FB for it; when it’s up & running I’ll add the box.

    Thanks again! Have a great weekend!

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    You’re welcome!

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